This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Salzburg at Red Bull Arena when the Champions League tournament arrives in town and Real Sociedad with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
These teams have little in common geographically as Real Sociedad have to travel 1600 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Salzburg form and stats
Last season, Salzburg's Champions League journey ended in the group stage.3 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Salzburg have to build on here at Red Bull Arena in the Tipico Bundesliga.
A good away victory last time out for Salzburg, who won 4-0 against Austria Lustenau. As mentioned above, Salzburg "killed" Austria Lustenau in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Midfield player Amankwah got a match rating of 8.34 in that game, the max score being 10. Amankwah signed up for two assists, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 22 successful passes (of 27 total).
Before that game, a strong away win at Austria Salzburg. A Austrian Cup match.
Salzburg have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Red Bull Arena with 7 goals in 4 league matches. Defensively Salzburg have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 4 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Real Sociedad form and stats
Real Sociedad's mission in Europa League last season failed in the round of 16 against Roma.Things could have gone better for Real Sociedad in their La Liga away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.
Sociedad have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Alejandro Remiro Gargallo. It's been 180 minutes since they last conceded in La Liga.
Real Sociedad had fun at their own home (Red Bull Arena) last time out, beating Athletic Club 3-0. Normand, Kubo and Oyarzabal scored. Kubo got a match rating of 8.0 in that game, top player of the team. Kubo scored one goal and hit two key passes.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Valencia.The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Salzburg one win, one draw and Real Sociedad zero victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Konaté 5 goals |   T. Kubo 5 goals |  S. Koita 3 goals |
Salzburg missing players
Real Sociedad missing players
| Salzburg | Real Sociedad | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 55 | 23 | Scored | S | 8 | 36 | ||
| 24 | 18 | Conceded | C | 10 | 26 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 73% | 88% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 20% | ||
| 5.8 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.6 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 11.3 | ||
| 5.5 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 40% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 34% | ||
| 8.1 | 6.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.1 | 10.4 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Salzburg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Inter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Real Sociedad | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Benfica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Salzburg | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 17 | 22 |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 18 |
| 3 | LASK Linz | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | Austria Klagenfurt | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | Wolfsberger AC | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 13 |
| 6 | Hartberg | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | -2 | 12 |
| 7 | Rheindorf Altach | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 8 | Rapid Wien | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 9 | Blau-Wei Linz | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 9 |
| 10 | Austria Wien | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 5 |
| 11 | Wattens | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -8 | 5 |
| 12 | Austria Lustenau | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -14 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 20 |
| 3 | Girona | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 19 |
| 4 | Real Sociedad | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | Athletic Club | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | Atletico Madrid | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 7 | Rayo Vallecano | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | -2 | 12 |
| 8 | Valencia | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 9 | Cadiz | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 9 |
| 10 | Getafe | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 9 |
| 11 | Real Betis | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 9 |
| 12 | Villarreal | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 8 |
| 13 | Sevilla | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 14 | Mallorca | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 7 |
| 15 | Osasuna | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 16 | Deportivo Alaves | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 7 |
| 17 | Celta de Vigo | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 18 | Las Palmas | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 19 | Granada | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 4 |
| 20 | Almeria | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -10 | 2 |
